I spent fifty thousand dollars on the new car.

[Alice Chu]

Do the following sentences have similar meanings?
1) I spent fifty thousand dollars on the new car.
2) I spent fifty thousand dollars buying the new car.
3) I paid fifty thousand dollars for the new car.
4) I bought the new car for fifty thousand dollars.
5) The new car cost me fifty thousand dollars.
6) It cost me fifty thousand dollars to buy the new car.

 

[GoesStation]

Yes, they're similar.

 

[emsr2d2]

Native speakers would use either "a" or "my" in those sentences, not "the" (before "new car"). A far more natural sentence would be "My new car cost fifty thousand dollars".

 

[Rover_KE]

Being picky, I suppose #1 could mean that you spent $50,000 on the new car after you'd bought it (on upgrades, gold-plating, bullet-proof glass etc).
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